Neo-Victorian Poetry
  • Steampunk Poems
  • Romantic Poems
  • Christian Poems
  • Other Poems
  • Blog
  • Home

Decks cleared for action ... almost.

1/1/2014

0 Comments

 
There was a time when I wanted for things to do.  With my husband at work every day, and our daughter beginning a new life overseas, I felt rather lost. And so, at the bequest of my concerned spouse, I applied to work at a local museum, for fun.  I loved what ultimately became my "paid social life."

A few months later, our daughter returned home for a time, which was really awesome.  Each weekday she and I had lunch together, and there were occasional evening meet-ups with others.  My life was really busy, and I was so happy, juggling so much on the tips of my fingers. 

Fast forward a few years to a world of competing opportunities, all vying for attention, and a monthly calendar bursting at the seams ... or so it seems. What has tipped the scales so drastically?  I am now writing.

Once I began to write a novelized memoir, and to work on another book of poetry, ordinary activities exploded into gigantic and menacing proportion, and that is when I realized that I could not be both a writer AND a juggler.

It's one thing to balance people and activities, but quite another to add writing to the mix.  I've been trying to blend oil and vinegar, and sustain it as an emulsion.  Continuous, vigorous agitation is an awfully oppressive demand.

At my husband's insistence, and with our resident daughter's backing, my time spent "elsewhere" is now a great deal reduced.  I've with only a few thin 
strands, of which I am very fond, left to snip away ... and since I can, and for as long as I can, I plan to apply myself in earnest at my writer's table.

And so, here, on the verge on a whole new year, and a lightly penciled in calendar, (which includes the Steampunk Book Signing on January 10th at Caffe Frascati), I wish you all a most fortuitous and a very Happy New Year! 


    
  




0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    About the author:

    I've written many poems over the years.  This blog is a preview of my books: Echoes, Neo-Victorian Poetry (April 2013), Echoes ll, More Neo-Victorian Poetry (May 2014), Echoes lll, Even More Neo-Victorian Poetry, (August 2016), A Compilation of Echoes. (September 2016), and When None Command (April 13, 2019)

    Archives

    December 2021
    January 2021
    October 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    May 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    July 2019
    April 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    June 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    January 2017
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    November 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    March 2014
    February 2014
    January 2014
    December 2013
    November 2013
    October 2013
    September 2013
    August 2013
    July 2013
    June 2013
    May 2013
    April 2013
    March 2013
    February 2013

    Categories

    All

    RSS Feed

Proudly powered by Weebly